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K-State's Pullen, Clemente have become the big names

SALT LAKE CITY | In a season that was supposed to be defined by Sherron and Cole, for a program that was supposed to be resurrected by Beasley and Walker, Jake and Denny now rule. The magic and power...

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Cats can't capitalize against Butler

SALT LAKE CITY | Another “Killer B” would be the clever analogy, a way to connect Kansas State's NCAA Tournament heartbreak to Kansas' painful losses to Bucknell and Bradley. But there was no “Killer...

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Baylor's Brittney Griner is good enough to challenge Connecticut

If Baylor coach Kim Mulkey is successful, tonight will be the beginning of Brittney Griner redefining what we expect from a woman on a basketball court. We'll come to expect <em>Holy...

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Finally, Tiger's apology is the right one

AUGUSTA, Ga. | The cynics will nitpick Tiger Woods and his Monday afternoon news conference, and, having spent a great deal of my professional life controlled by cynicism, I will not object.

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Augusta National chairman lecturing Tiger? Unbelievable hypocrisy

On the eve of Tiger Woods' return to tournament golf, Billy Payne, the chairman of Augusta National Golf Course, used his annual Masters news conference to add his voice to the throng of...

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Whitlock | Watson steals some of Tiger's thunder

AUGUSTA, Ga. | It makes perfect sense, or at least as much sense as anything else in the sports world these days.

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No longer living a lie, Tiger has been set free

AUGUSTA, Ga. | Thursday afternoon at the Masters, the Babe Ruth of golf channeled his inner Muhammad Ali, flummoxing and torturing his detractors. Sarcastic airplane banners did not register. Billy...

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Whitlock | Watson defies age again at Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. | It makes perfect sense, or at least as much sense as anything else in the sports world these days. A 60-year-old man is in second place in the most anticipated sporting event since Ali...

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Watson gets to enjoy a day at the Masters with his son

AUGUSTA, Ga. | Twenty-five years from now, Tiger Woods is going to want to be Tom Watson. The world&rsquo;s No. 1 golfer and America&rsquo;s first billionaire athlete is going to desire the...

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Westwood may mess up a Woods-Mickelson showdown

AUGUSTA, Ga. | Lee Westwood, fine chap and all, better not screw this up. We&rsquo;ve waited a little more than a decade for Phil Mickelson to bloody Tiger Woods&rsquo; nose and kick off a...

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Mickelson's Masters' victory brings some needed joy to golf

AUGUSTA, Ga. | Phil&rsquo;s finest moment in Tiger&rsquo;s darkest hour. That&rsquo;s how we&rsquo;ll remember the 74th Masters, aka Tigerpalooza, the major golf championship that...

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Please draft Dez Bryant

I want Dez Bryant. He&rsquo;s the apple of my draft eye, the big-time playmaker capable of making life easier for Matt Cassel, Charlie Weis and Todd Haley and Sundays a lot more exciting inside...

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For the Chiefs, Berry is the ideal choice

Eric Berry&rsquo;s resume is the most impressive I&rsquo;ve ever read. In the moments after the Chiefs made the Tennessee safety the No. 5 pick in Thursday&rsquo;s draft, I read...

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Character counts for Chiefs at draft

If Scott Pioli conducted an experiment over the first two days of the NFL draft, I hope his theory is correct. Character counts. From Eric Berry to Dexter McCluster to Javier Arenas to Jon Asamoah to...

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Goodell made the right call on Roethlisberger ruling

Miami Herald multimedia sports star Dan Le Batard asked me an interesting question this week: Does NFL commissioner Roger Goodell have too much power?

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Repression not good for Chiefs' players

Saturday afternoon, late in the Chiefs&rsquo; second minicamp practice of the day, offensive coordinator Charlie Weis screamed at one of his rookies. I honestly have no recollection of what Weis...

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Scandals continue with Lawrence Taylor

It feels like the bad guys are winning. Every day there&rsquo;s a new piece of salacious, perverted, inappropriate and criminal sports news to report. Thursday, Lawrence Taylor, one of the...

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Tiger's comeback just might prove to be more difficult than Ali's

A couple of months ago, my favorite sports columnist, ESPN&rsquo;s &ldquo;Sports Guy&rdquo; Bill Simmons, typed a column predicting that Tiger Woods&rsquo; return to golf would be more...

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Long bike ride makes Wichita State plane crash survivor feel even more alive

Rick Stephens was one of nine survivors of the 1970 crash of a plane carrying first-string Wichita State football players, the team's head coach, athletic administrators and boosters. Now he raises...

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NCAA breeds a culture of corruption

The media-propagandized facade that capitalism creates corporate institutions too big to fail and too profitable to police extends to the American sports world as well. How else do we explain...

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